Filing-receptacle



(No Model.)

A. L. BROWN.

FILING REGBPTAOLE.

PatentedJune 4, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON L. BROWVN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FlLlNG-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,772, dated June 4,1889.

' Application filed November 19, 1886. Serial No. 219,388. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON L. BROWN, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Filing-Receptacles and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of illdeXed filing cases orreceptacles for papers which are provided with a series of indexsheetsfor the purpose of separating the papers or documents placed within thereceptacle.

The invention relates more particularly to improvements in theconstruction of a rod or post for securing the index-leaves within thefiling-case; and it consists in the matters hereinafter described,andpointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of afiling-case provided with a holding-post constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the same. Fig. 3is a perspective "iew of the post or rod shown in Figs. 1 and 2 forholding the index-leaves removably within the filing-case. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a wire loop for connecting the index-leaves with thepost. Fig. 5 is a detail section'of the back of the filing-case and therod detachably holding the leaves in place, taken upon line .0: 0c ofFig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the back of thefiling-case, showing a modified form of the post illustrated in Fig. 3.Fig. 7 is a section taken upon line as xof Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a plan ofthe spring-plate, illustrated in Fig. '7, for holding the post removablyin place. Fig. 9 is a section similar to Fig. 5, illustrating a modifiedform of the groove for receiving the rod and for holding theindex-leaves. Fig. 10 is a section of the back, taken through the upperend of the groove and post in Fig. 9 upon line 00 m, Fig. 11. Fig. 11 isa plan view of the top of the back piece of the receptacle, showing theupper end of the groove therein and a device for holding the rod withinthe groove.

In the accompanying drawings the filing case or receptacle .is indicatedas a whole by the letterA. Said receptacle consists, as here shown,oftwo side pieces A ,a bottom A and a back piece A the latterbeing securedto the 5 5 rear margin of the bottom and to the adjacent ends of thesides.

B are the index-leaves, which, as shown, are stepped or provided withprojections upon their outer edges, and bear letters or characterssuited to the purpose of the file marked upon the visible parts of theprojections in a well-known manner.

0 is a rod or post for holding the indexleaves within the case, saidpost being preferably secured in a groove A, formed in the centralportion of the inner face of the back A The receptacle A is, as hereshown, provided upon the. upper margin of the back piece A with aninwardly-projecting ledge D, the purpose of which is to prevent the topindex-sheet from rising above the sides of the case at its rear edgewhen the receptacle is filled with papers.

The rod 0 is removably connected with the receptacle, so that, inconnection with the indeX-leaves and papers contained therein, it may beremoved and either transferred to another or permanent filing-case orotherwise disposed of.

In the form of the device shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, and 11 thepost 0 is formed with three parallel parts or bars cc 0', joined attheir upper ends and preferably composed of stiff wire. The bar 0, uponwhich the loops b of the index-leaves are strung, is made slightlylonger than the other two bars, and at its lower and free end enters anaperture a, formed in the bottom A of the case, so asto hold the lowerend of the rod as a whole in 0 position when placed within the groove A.The two bars 0 are, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9, constructed torest in the inner angles of the recess A, so as to retain the bar 0laterally in the desired position in the groove and to guide it whilebeing inserted therein. The upper end of the rodO may, as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2, be held in place by means of a spring-plate a, providedwith an aperture a constructed to fit over the upper end of the saidred, the said plate being secured to the back A in such manner as tospring upwardly at its central portion and thereby permit the lateral.insertion of the upper end of the rod beneath it, or it may be held by apivotal spring-button. The ledge D, as shown, is cut away at its centralportion to admit the upper end of the post 0 into the groove A, and saidpost will usually be inserted by first placing its lower end in theaperture a in the bottom of the case and then pressing its upper endbackwardly into the groove and beneath the spring-plate a until it isengaged and held by the aperture (6 Fig. 2, in the latter.

A preferred means of securing the post C within the filing-case, whensaid post is constructed as last described, and as illustrated in Fig.3, is shown in Figs. 9, l0, and 11. In this case the groove A isprovided at the rear portion of its side walls with lateral extensionsa, which make it of T form in cross section. The bars 0 of the rod (1 inthis case enter said longitudinal projections a and hold the said rodfrom being drawn forward out of the groove. \Vhen this construction isused, the rod 0 is of course inserted in and removed from the groove bysliding it downwardly or upwardly, being held by a small pivot-ed plateor button a, attached to the upper edge of the back piece A and adaptedto swing over the upper end of the groove A" or to one side thereof, maybe desirable. Instead of being made of three bars in the manner aboveexplained, said post C may consist of a single piece of wire bent in Uform, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, having one of its arms 0 longer thanthe other to enter the aperture a in the bottom A of the receptacle. Therear part c of the post is in this case preferably constructed to fit aninner portion or extension a of the groove A, so as to guide the rodwhile it is being inserted and to thereafterhold it in place. The upperend of the rod is held in the groove by means of a spring-plate a, Fig.9, similar to that before described, and which is preferably providedwith a recess or concavity a in its lower face to receive the upper endof the rod.

In Fig. i is shown a desirable construction of the loop or eye I), bywhich the indexleaves may be held by the rod 0, said loop consisting ofa short piece of wire bent at or near its middle in U form, asindicatedat I), and having its ends 11 bent outwardly at right angles tothe sides of the U-shaped portion. The said loop is attached to theindexsheets by inserting its part I) through an aperture U, formed inthe fold of the indexsheetB at the inner edge thereof, the said sheetbeing originally made enough wider than would otherwise be-necessary toform a flap B, which is folded over and pasted upon the adjacent part ofthe sheet after the loop or eye 1) has been inserted. By this means theends I) of the wire composing the loop are iirn'ily held in place, andthe loop as a whole is restrained both from longitudinal and rotarymovement by the engagement of the looped portion 1) of the wire with thesides of the aperture U. By. this rigid attachment of the loop the papercomposing the index-shcet will not become worn away or torn, as would bethe case were the loop loosely placed in the fold of the sheet.

Some of the features of constructionherein shown and described namely,the recess in the bottom of the receptacle and springcatch, combinedwith a holding post or red fitted to enter the recess at its lower endand to engage the spring-catch at its upper end, and also the rod orpost made of link shape and left open or severed at one point to engagethe inde.\'-sheets, in connection with holding devices upon thereceptacle constructed to engage such link-shaped rodare shown,described, and claimed in a separate application for patent, Serial No.219,390, filed by me simultaneously herewith.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with a filing-receptacle anda series of inde.\'-sheets, of a branched retaining post or red having apart for detachable engagement with the index-sheets andlaterally-projecting parts for engagement wvith the receptacle,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a receptacle having a sectionally-T-shapedgroove in its back wall, of a retaining-rod having laterally-extendingparts engaging the wings of the T- groove, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a receptacle having a sectionallyT-shapedgroove in itsback wall, of a retaining post or red having apart engagedwith the index-sheets and laterallyextending parts engaging the wings ofthe T- groove, substantially as described.

i. The combination, with the receptacle having a vertical groove orrecess in its back wall and a recess a in its bottom and a series ofapertured index-sheets, of a branched retaining-rod O, fitted at itsrear side to rest against the walls of the groove, and provided with apart c, engaged with the aperture of the index-sheets, and constructedto engage the recess a at its lower and free end, and means constructedto retain the rod within the groove, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a receptacle haw ing a sectionally-T-shapedgroove A", and provided with a recess a in its bottom, and a series ofindex-sheets, of a retaining-rod (l, constructed to engage the wings ofthe T- groove and the said recess, andmeans for holding the rod in thegroove, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a receptacle having a T-groove in its back walland a series of index-sheets, of a rod 0, having a part c,

engaged with the index-sheets, and two lat- Iii-testimony that I claimthe foregoing as erally-separated parallel parts 0', connected myinvention I affix my signature in pres- With the part c at their upperends and conence of two Witnesses.

strncted to engage the recesses or Wings of AARON L. BROWVN. theT-groove, and means constructed to 16- Witnesses: tain the said rodWithin the groove, snbstan- C. CLARENCE POOLE,

tially as described. M. E. DAYTON.

